With the announcement of positive economic news last week, it is a bit unsettling to hear HBO host Bill Maher’s take on how he hopes things go down. I feel like the bottom has to fall out at some point, and by the way, I’m hoping for it. I think one way you get rid of […]
Archives for June 2018
Former CIA Officer Blames Arab Money and the Clinton Admin for Failure to Kill bin Laden
The former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, Michael Scheuer, has taken to his blog, non-intervention.com, to hammer former CIA Director John Brennan, the Clinton administration, and the two-party elites. Scheuer believes that the promises of contracts with Arab governments to buy American military equipment could have played a role in the Clinton Administration’s […]
Vermont’s Relocation Grant, Really?
I keep a regular eye on the way states treat their citizens. I regularly warn readers here to avoid those states papering over their structural problems with higher taxes and freedom-restricting regulations. At the same time I applaud those states where entrepreneurs and businesses are rewarded for their hard work and innovation with lower taxes […]
Don’t Bring Georgia into NATO
Daniel L. Davis, a senior fellow for Defense Priorities and a former lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, warns President Trump against bringing Georgia into NATO. At The National Interest, Davis makes the case against expansion of the security alliance to the Russian doorstep. He writes (abridged): Members of America’s foreign policy establishment are encouraging the White House […]
Trumponomics: Getting Our Economy Back on Track
In a new book by former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes, Mr. Rhodes quotes President Obama after President Trump’s victory: “I’ve got the economy set up well for him.” After last Friday’s blockbuster jobs reports, Obama’s self-congratulatory line was repeated countless times in the media, Stephen Moore and Arthur Laffer note in the WSJ. In that […]
America’s Grid is Vulnerable: Here’s How to Improve It
Over the years I’ve paid close attention to America’s power grid. The grid is vulnerable. The electricity that comes to Americans’ homes is vital to the standard of living. Some people even rely on electricity to power the medical equipment that keeps them alive. Survivalists and all Americans should be concerned about the deficiencies in […]
Could the U.S. Restart the F-22 Production Line?
The F-22 Raptor, designed for both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat is the most dangerous stealth fighter in the world. So why was it cancelled? A memoir by retired Gen. Norton Schwartz states that the F-22 stealth fighter was eventually traded for the B-21 bomber. Defense secretary Robert Gates argued that the F-22 was a cold […]
Water You’ve Already Stored for the Next Disaster
I continue to believe this is vital intelligence for all of us today and as when I originally posted it on October 6, 2017. The first thing you want to do when it comes down to your water supply is to figure out your water sources. For example, we have town water and we live […]
Poland Wants American Troops on the Ground
Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, says President Trump should tell Poland and other European nations to provide for their own defense, rather than come calling on the U.S. to fight their battles for them. Bandow writes at The American Conservative (abridged): Before taking […]
Samuel P. Huntington: America’s Ambitions/Capabilities Gap
Patrick Porter, a professor of international security and strategy at the University of Birmingham, explains at the Cato Institute that America must, in the words of Samuel P. Huntington, “address the gap between ambitions and capabilities.” Porter writes: Deteriorating circumstances make it imperative for Washington to conduct a cold reassessment of its grand strategy. It […]
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